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Mar

08

2024

Activist Omoyele Sowore Set to Reunite with Family in U.S. After Four-Year of incarceration

Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsOmoyele Sowore, Personality, Politics

Renowned human rights activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, announced his departure from Nigeria to the United States to reunite with his family after enduring four years of incarceration under the former President Muhammadu Buhari regime. Sowore, who had been detained since August 2019, revealed his intention on social media, citing his unlawful detention and trumped-up charges by the Nigerian government as reasons for his decision to leave the country. Arrested for organizing the #RevolutionNow protest, Sowore faced charges of treasonable felony by the Buhari administration, enduring assaults, torture, and restrictions on seeing his family during his incarceration. Despite…

Mar

08

2024

By David Okoye

Oyo State Government Consults Traditional Rulers to Revive Council of Obas and Chiefs

Lifestyle, Metro, News, PoliticsOyo state, Politics, Religion

The Oyo State government recently convened a consultative meeting with traditional rulers to discuss the revitalization of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs. Held at the House of Chiefs in the State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, the meeting aimed to enlist the support of traditional leaders in advancing the developmental agenda of Governor Seyi Makinde's administration. Led by Deputy Governor Bayo Lawal, the state government delegation emphasized the importance of the council as co-partners in driving development initiatives. Lawal highlighted the need for a functional council to provide traditional rulers with a unified platform to voice their opinions on government…

Mar

08

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

ECK Foundation Celebrates Womenfolk On International Women’s Day.

Amos Oge Kalu, Column, Lifestyle, NewsEmeka Kalu, Opinion

The International Women's Day is March 8, the day women are celebrated all over the world for their immense roles in making the world a better place for humanity through love, care, and endless sacrifice they have continued to offer. On this auspicious day of celebrating womanhood, the President and CEO of Emeka Charles Kalu Foundation (ECK Foundation) , Chief Dr. Emeka C. Kalu has buttressed the need to make more room for women's participation in all spheres of human existence, especially in politics and development which are the bedrock of any progressive society. "Consider a future where all genders…

Mar

08

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

15 Nollywood Actors You May Not Know Are Dead (See Photos)

Entertainment, Lifestyle, NewsEntertainment, Mr. Ibu, Nollywood, RIP

If the actor isn’t on social media to follow, that is all you know about that actor or actress, that he/she was in that movie or show you acted. And even if the actor or actress is on social media, unless they post or a news story comes out about them, you don’t know what’s going on with them. This is why when news comes out that some of our very beloved actors and actresses may have had illnesses or suffering before they died, it is very shocking to us because we had no idea. And how could we. Yet,…

Mar

07

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Reasons Why Ndigbo Didn’t Join Hardship Protests – Ohanaeze Ndigbo Reveals

Column, Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBiafra, Dave Umahi, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Politics

... "Tragic Pasts and Umahi's Impact on Southeast Infrastructure" In a time of deep reflection amidst current economic problems, the firm decision of Ndigbo not to join the hardship protests against President Tinubu in the Southeast is based on a moving history of the hardships the people of the region have faced since the start of the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 until 2023. In this terrible time, 670 Igbo people died in protests while the Buhari government was in power. This created a deep-seated fear that state security forces would kill protesters during demonstrations. In this…